Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Role

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner coordinates psychiatric services with the Behavioral Health Director and Psychiatrist as well as provides direct services to patients with mental health issues, substance abuse disorders and dual diagnosis.

Responsibilities

• Prescribes and maintains all clients on psychotropic medication.
• Evaluates, diagnoses, and treats psychiatric conditions.
• Participates in diagnostic formulations and development of treatment plans for patients.
• Takes a leadership role in case conferences and in-service training of staff and provides overview of medical problems and organic psychiatric and neurological problems.
• Participates in Utilization Review Committee at our Health Centers.
• Provides psychiatric consultation to primary care medical providers.
• Participates in training of Behavioral Health Department interns and staff, possibly other agency staff, as arranged with Behavioral Health Department Director.
• Completes appropriate documentation and submits charges in a timely manner as required.
• Actively collaborates with the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) care teams and Patient care teams.
• Precepts students/interns as needed.

Requirements

• Masters of Science in Nursing, Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with current MA License to practice, current BLS Certification required.
• Current MCSR and DEA.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in addiction treatment in an outpatient setting, with experience prescribing and treating patients with SUD.
• One year of experience working in a community health center setting highly desired.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Experience with grant reporting and compliance preferred.
• Basic to Intermediate level of experience with Microsoft Office 365 including Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams and familiarity with using Electronic Medical Record (EMR), EPIC/OCHIN desired.
• Bilingual a plus, Vietnamese/Spanish and English or any other language desired.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off (25 days to start for NP) plus 11 additional Holidays.
• Continuing Medical Education Stipend of up to $2500 and 5 days of leave per year and reimbursement of renewal cost of licenses.

Pay

Salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement. When determining actual base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g. location, years of relevant experience, education, training, and other factors as permissible by law).

Schedule

Position is split between Neponset and Geiger Gibson Community Health Centers. Open to 5 (8) hour days or 4 (10) hour days. Full Time - 40 hours weekly.